Replacing window seals
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Replacing window seals
Tonight I replaced the window seals and glass channel. I did some searching and couldn't find anything showing how to do it, and I posted in another thread (https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/has-anyone-replaced-glass-run-channels-468218/) asking how and got no reponses, so I decided to do a writeup. It's really quite easy. I did it with the window removed (I was in the process of restoring the regulators), but I don't think that would be necessary. These pictures are all on the passenger's side door.
First you pry one end out of the channel that holds them in place. I started with the outer seal.
Once it was completely removed I went to the inner seal.
Here is what it looks like after both are completely removed.
Here is what the end of the new outer seal looks like.
Now, you just insert the new seal into the channel. I started with the inner seal.
Then I inserted the outer seal. Just insert the tab into the channel at one end, then gradually force the next section in, keeping the outer and inner lips flat as you go.
And here's the finished product.
Rich
First you pry one end out of the channel that holds them in place. I started with the outer seal.
Once it was completely removed I went to the inner seal.
Here is what it looks like after both are completely removed.
Here is what the end of the new outer seal looks like.
Now, you just insert the new seal into the channel. I started with the inner seal.
Then I inserted the outer seal. Just insert the tab into the channel at one end, then gradually force the next section in, keeping the outer and inner lips flat as you go.
And here's the finished product.
Rich
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Great write up with nice pictures. I'm going to be replacing those seals myself pretty soon. Is there any product out there that can be applied to the outer window seals to prevent them from drying out and becoming brittle, again, over time?
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Originally Posted by Rxcalibur
Great write up with nice pictures. I'm going to be replacing those seals myself pretty soon. Is there any product out there that can be applied to the outer window seals to prevent them from drying out and becoming brittle, again, over time?
My '79 still has the originals, and they're in good shape. But it's always been garaged.
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did you notice that on the front and rear most part of the outter seal dosnt sit flush with the channel??
mine has alittle opening on each end so rain could slip in there.... i have never noticed rain running in there..but im sure its possible if it isnt completly sealed..
mine has alittle opening on each end so rain could slip in there.... i have never noticed rain running in there..but im sure its possible if it isnt completly sealed..
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I don't know if we're talking about the same thing, but I did notice that at each end there is a pretty big angled gap between the outer end of the seal and the window frame. If the seals had been a little longer I could have trimmed the ends to conform to the proper angle to make up this gap, but they were the exact length.
That's why it's important to keep the drain holes in the bottom of the doors clear. Mine were pretty well stopped up. On the driver's side door, it was full of broken glass!
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That's why it's important to keep the drain holes in the bottom of the doors clear. Mine were pretty well stopped up. On the driver's side door, it was full of broken glass!
Rich
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WoW came with mine...the passenger was fine but the driver was clogged so bad from just junk and broken glass....
even though the car has never been wrecked so that makes me wonder....
even though the car has never been wrecked so that makes me wonder....
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Yea, I got the window seals from Victoria British (about $15 each, so $60 to do both sides). I got the door sdeals from some place on eBay...I can find the name of the place later if you're interested.
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bites that victoria british does not have a full online catalog. I guess I will have to wait until they snail mail me one. They need to step it up a notch to take advantage of those impulse purchases. Like now.
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Originally Posted by 64mgb
Yea, I got the window seals from Victoria British (about $15 each, so $60 to do both sides). I got the door sdeals from some place on eBay...I can find the name of the place later if you're interested.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-85...spagenameZWDVW
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Originally Posted by Rxcalibur
Are these the door seals, that you were talking about, found on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-85...spagenameZWDVW
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/79-85...spagenameZWDVW
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$64 shipped sure beats VBs cost of about $97($39.95x2 + $17.25 for shipping) a pair. Are they easy to install? Wish I could find some new glass run channels for less than $40 a piece. I need those too.
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Originally Posted by Rxcalibur
$64 shipped sure beats VBs cost of about $97($39.95x2 + $17.25 for shipping) a pair. Are they easy to install? Wish I could find some new glass run channels for less than $40 a piece. I need those too.
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Bringing this back for a question
I was having trouble getting my inner seal in and found this thread maybe to help. I must be dense but I thought the fuzzy curved seal was the inside one. In this thread it looks like the new seal rich installed on the outside was the fuzzy curved one, but yet the fuzzy curved one he took out looks like it came from the inside. I installed the straighter rubber one on the outside.
Anyone clear up this confusion I have?
I was having trouble getting my inner seal in and found this thread maybe to help. I must be dense but I thought the fuzzy curved seal was the inside one. In this thread it looks like the new seal rich installed on the outside was the fuzzy curved one, but yet the fuzzy curved one he took out looks like it came from the inside. I installed the straighter rubber one on the outside.
Anyone clear up this confusion I have?
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So we are talking the BOTTOM-of-the-window frame, inner & outer.
OUTTER has the wider "lip" that extends out over the exterior of the frame.
Look at the FIRST image up top of the thread - THAT is the OUTER- so match its profile to your new seal. The INNER one is "more" fuzzy than the outer, which has a smaller "fuzzy" section.
FWIW if you have the PNs
Outer:
8871-58-781
Inner:
8871-58-7_9_1 (I emphasis the '9') since that is the only diff in the PNs
Hope this helps!
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OUTTER has the wider "lip" that extends out over the exterior of the frame.
Look at the FIRST image up top of the thread - THAT is the OUTER- so match its profile to your new seal. The INNER one is "more" fuzzy than the outer, which has a smaller "fuzzy" section.
FWIW if you have the PNs
Outer:
8871-58-781
Inner:
8871-58-7_9_1 (I emphasis the '9') since that is the only diff in the PNs
Hope this helps!
Stu Aull
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Has anyone else had "shrinkage" issues with outer door seals purchased from Victoria British??
I may be losing it, but I'm on my 2nd set in 2 years because about a year after installation they seem to have shrunk a good 2-3 inches!
Drove the 7 to dinner tonight, tempted to go take a phone pic for my argument
I may be losing it, but I'm on my 2nd set in 2 years because about a year after installation they seem to have shrunk a good 2-3 inches!
Drove the 7 to dinner tonight, tempted to go take a phone pic for my argument
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